Transformation Professionals
Episodes
Continuous Improvement and Always-On Transformation
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the intricate dance of progress within large organisations, the choreography of continuous improvement and always-on transformation takes centre st...
Crack the Code - Mastering Issue Resolution
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The transformation leadership has been established, engaging with leaders of the various workstreams and initiatives to distil a broad, intricate ende...
Unifying Culture in Transformation
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Picture this: a ship, mighty and vast, cutting through the waves, unwavering in its journey across the ocean. Today, we're delving into the essen...
Building Your Transformation Office
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As we've seen, a staggering 70% of transformations don't hit the mark. So while everyone seems to be doing transformation, most could do b...
The Behaviour Behind Transformation
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The term 'transformation' has become more than just a buzzword; it's vital for survival and success. Today, we delve deep into the esse...
Learning to Lead - Cultivating an AI-Ready Culture
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The quest for transformation has become a mantra for many organisations. But as we navigate through the intricate process of change, especially in th...
Practice Makes Perfect - In Sport and Business Transformation
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're delving into a universal truth, one that resonates across fields, be it in sports or the rigorous arena of business transformation. ...
Bridging the Gap - When Business Theory Meets Reality
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we're diving into a topic that's both challenging and incredibly relevant for anyone involved in the world of busin...
From Kodak to Netflix - Mindsets that Define Destiny
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we delve into a subject that, while not straightforward, holds the key to unparalleled performance and growth in the business...
Leading with AI - CEOs Who Revolutionise
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's fast-paced business environment, staying ahead of the curve is not just an advantage; it's vital. CEOs and key executives of larg...
Transforming Traditions - Business Model Evolution
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're diving into a topic at the heart of business transformation: the nuances and impacts of process innovation, product innovation, and ...
Transparency and Trust - Leading With Integrity
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're diving into a topic that's both challenging and critical for the health and success of any organisation: the interplay between ...
Data-Driven Decisions - Unleashing Growth
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we're diving deep into a topic that's reshaping the landscape of business transformation: the pivotal role of data ...
The Power of Holistic Transformation
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the world of business transformation, understanding the importance of a holistic approach is key to achieving lasting change and aligning with your...
SME Transformation - Agility Meets Innovation
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's discussion, we're diving into the world of business transformation, specifically focusing on what this journey looks like for sma...
Soft Skills - The Unsung Heroes of Transformation
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we delve into a topic at the heart of every successful business transformation: the fine balance between hard skills and soft sk...
Where The Magic Happens - Outside the Comfort Zone
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the world of business, transformation is a term that's often spoken with a mixture of excitement and apprehension. It's a concept that&ap...
Tackling Business Transformation in 2024
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to today's podcast where we explore the dynamic world of business transformation in 2024 – a topic that is as challenging as it is full...
Transformation Culture
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Before a company can hope to reshape its culture, the leadership mindset must first make its own shift. Because if leadership mindsets aren't pro...
The Delusion of Digital Transformation
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Business thinking is often shaped by delusions, which are influenced by poor judgments that distort our understanding of the real reasons for an organ...
Operating Model Reinvention
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The effectiveness of your operating model has a significant impact on whether your business achieves its overall strategic objectives. An effective bu...
New Transformation Professionals
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the way that firms are diligent when it comes to hiring for key finance, IT or HR roles, leaders also need to ensure the transformation professiona...
Disruptive Innovation
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The concept of disruptive innovation has existed since 1995, but over 25 years on, much like the term digital transformation, the true meaning of disr...
Key Transformation Roles
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As most people know transformation is more about people than technology, so having the right individuals in place to lead the transformation is a matt...
Agile Advantage
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Agile allows teams to deliver projects piece-by-piece and make rapid adjustments when needed. It's especially useful in complex projects, where i...
Artificial Intelligence and Empathy
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An increasing number of leaders know that to accelerate digital transformation their organisations should learn to flex their empathic muscle, while a...
Fake Transformation
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you walked into 10 organisations tomorrow that claim to be undergoing transformation and looked at what their initiatives are intended to achieve, ...
Benefit Management
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Benefits are often colourfully painted in a business case to secure funding. But once those funds are secured, the very people who did a splendid job ...
Platform Value
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Whereas traditional business has been done by one company selling products and services to a customer, the platform changes the traditional dynamics o...
Anticipate and Innovate For The Future
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disruption is an opportunity for those with the right mindset but a threat to the rest. With recent advances in technology, the possibilities to innov...
Conversational AI
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Conversational AI combines natural language processing with machine learning. While still in its infancy, it can already provide a very a cost-effici...
Changing People Process
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Changing business outcomes requires people processes to change. The problem for many organisations is that they think new technology will do that, whi...
Digital Capability Framework
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Using new technology to create a better version of the past is very different to using it to create a new future. Which is the difference between the ...
New Organisational Change
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There’s never been a need for organisational change management and a focus on the people side of change more than today, but a lot of organisations ...
Digital Strategy
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For leaders to build a remarkable, profitable digital business, and leverage their digital assets with their unique audience, their business needs to ...
Certified Transformation Professionals
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The strength of a transformation certification is based on a fundamental trust that a person who receives that credential has proven they possess the ...
Platform Economy
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One characteristic of modern business ecosystems is that they scale efficiently. They don’t add proportionally more cost as they grow and they allow...
Four Ps In Transformation
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Back a number of years ago I helped the low-code software platform company Mendix, while they were developing their digital transformation practice. ...
Organisational Change Management
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Layers of Change
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The view of transformation and change can often be one-sided as it takes on the language of the originator and doesn't translate well to those wh...
Envisage Enable and Orchestrate Transformation
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s important that transformation leaders envisage a new future, ensure the organisation is equipped to build that future, and then orchestrate the...
Agile Companies
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Perkin and Peter Abraham describe how the components Velocity and Focus combine to create a formula that leaders can use to achieve business agil...
360° Risk
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s important that transformation leaders manage the risks that relate to the process of transforming their organisation towards a new future, incl...
The Innovation Struggle
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Most organisations fail at innovation because they fail at change. They aspire to innovate but often struggle and continue to lose pace along the fast...
Competitive Intelligence and Strategy
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gone are the days when you could steer a business on gut feel and hunches. Because data is the new driver of the best firms, and authentic digital eco...
Transformation Movements
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout history, great leaders have worked hard to create change, but not all have succeeded. In recent years – often labeled as digital transfor...
Innovation culture and process
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Innovation is the process of turning ideas into value. So the question all companies need to be able to answer is “what is our innovation process?”...
Organisational Complexity
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Digital transformation in large and complex organisations continues to challenge even the best traditional managers and leaders – often because they...
Business Transformation Management Methodology
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Business Transformation Management Methodology (BTM²) is a four-phase holistic and integrated business transformation management methodology.BTM²...
Transformation in Government
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Delivering digital transformation in government is particularly hard and extremely important. Jack Perschke talks to Rob Llewellyn about some of his e...
Mindsets Culture and Behaviour
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Although digital business transformation calls for a cultural shift, this is not the first time leaders have faced the cultural challenge. Company mer...
The Why of Transformation
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of people talk about the “why” of transformation and innovation, but fewer talk about how to get it done. Lindsay Herbert – author of Digi...
Buying Instead of Building
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the most successful start-ups look crazy from the outside. Their cultures are often complete opposites to what we see in an established corpor...
HR Transformation
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Demand for skills and talent looks different now to how it did five years ago, particularly in relation to digital transformation. This means that the...
Transformation Value
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Value management and benefit realisation are not new concepts, but with a clear focus on digital technology delivering business value, the need to man...
Enterprise Cybersecurity
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
While enterprise cybersecurity spend is at an all time high, the plethora of high-profile data breaches continues. Chris Hodson helps us explore the c...
Modern Business Models
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Innovative business models are changing the world as we know it, while old traditional business models are dying a slow death. Companies that are wor...
Connected Companies
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Co-founder of Postshift - Lee Bryant - talks about his belief that the greatest priority for digital leaders today is to re-design their organisationa...
Strategic Innovation
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s world of emerging technologies and new market demands, innovation is no longer a “nice to have” but a “must-have” for any busines...
Strategic Discovery
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When the past is a proxy for the future, business leaders can look backwards to forecast the future and build a strategy. But what happens when the pa...
Six Ds of Digital Disruption
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
While the word Digital has become as common as daylight, it’s only the first of six words starting with the letter D, that play a part in digital di...
Scaling Start-ups
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
7 out of 8 corporate startups don't generate business impact, but it's not through lack of ideas. Frank Mattes explains why the problem is i...
Business Model Transformation
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
New business models are at the heart of new disruptive companies we sit up and take notice of and antiquated business models are at the heart of other...
Companies by Design
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
These days, large, successful organisations are experiencing flat growth, acquisition, and in some cases, bankruptcy. What they’ve done in the past ...
Emerging Technology
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Llewellyn explores five emerging technologies that transformation managers and leaders can exploit to create new competitive advantage for their c...
Transformation in Healthcare
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Healthcare is something we all depend upon in the most personal and intimate of ways, and how this industry evolves as a result of digital transformat...
The Business of Blockchain
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023 we might start to see Blockchain play a fundamental role in transforming the way business is done in every industry throughout the world.🏛 ...
Transformation Tensions
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
These days, leaders face contradictory challenges. They could be under pressure to make incremental improvements, while at the same time invent radica...
Transformation V Change
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While most companies claim to be undergoing a transformation, the reality is that many are only implementing new technology and business change. Which...
Communities and Networks in Transformation
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There’s an urgent need for companies to shift their focus from developing individuals to enabling networks and relationships between employees, and ...
Digital Business Models
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The purest and most formidable type of transformation is business model transformation. Look around and you'll notice that most companies that ha...
Transformation From The Bottom Up
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The successful orchestration of business transformation requires a collaborative operating model between business, technology, and data teams. Void of...
Transformation Trouble
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Clay Christensen once said, “the reason why it is so difficult for existing firms to capitalise on disruptive innovations is that their processes...
Disruption Mindset
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A continuous stream of well-established companies is in decline and going out of business because despite their past successes, they’ve not been abl...
Taking Your Own Medicine
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While transformation professionals expect the organisations they work with to be make a break from the past and innovatively take advantage of digital...
Artificial Intelligence and Empathy
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An increasing number of leaders know that to accelerate digital transformation their organisations should learn to flex their empathic muscle, while a...
Before Engaging Tech Firms
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Most Tech firms aim is to steer clients towards their solutions, or to those of their partners. This is no secret, and yet inexperienced leaders are c...
Anticipate and Innovate For The Future
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Disruption is an opportunity for those with the right mindset but a threat to the rest. With recent advances in technology, the possibilities to innov...
Transformation Habits
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In his book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" Stephen Covey taught us to begin with the end in mind. He suggested that while we know...
Project Management
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Project managers really are some of the best candidates to become transformation managers. Because to carry out their typical project management work,...
Go from Ideation to Scaling Innovation
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The threat of disruption from smaller, more digitally savvy firms has motivated big corporates to launch efforts to build disruptors of their own. A f...
Ocado and the Principles of Transformation
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Transforming an industry also means transforming the way you do business, and digital economy companies like Ocado look very different to others.When ...
Political Intelligence in Transformation
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A high IQ and an abundance of Emotional Intelligence are not enough for transformation leaders to thrive and sometimes survive for very long in large ...
A Winning Programme Manager
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Programme Management is a critical success factor in transformation.But despite the best of intentions, hard work and a desire to succeed, many people...
Digital Business Models
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While the digitisation of marketing, operations and the workforce is good and necessary, these alone won’t protect a company from disruption.Every y...
Layers of Change - a New Change Management Perspective
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The view of transformation and change can often be one-sided as it takes on the language of the originator and doesn't translate well to those wh...
Defensive Response To The Digital Economy
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While offensive strategy in the digital economy is focused on achieving competitive advantage, defensive strategy is focused on fending off attacks fr...
Resilience for Organisational Survival
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There’s never been a need for organisational change management and a focus on the people side of change more than today, but a lot of organisations ...
Where’s Your Digital Revenue Channel?
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the past most people had no choice but to serve the owners of companies, and even these days, that's what most people do. But what I want mor...
Getting To WHY With People Analytics
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Changing business outcomes requires people processes to change. The problem for many organisations is that they think new technology will do that, whi...
Overcoming Transformation Barriers
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Most organisations today don't need to be convinced of the need to transform, but they do struggle with how to do it. The harsh reality is that d...
Transformation Business Cases
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While a business case is traditionally seen as somewhat of a justification-to-invest, it also helps shape the manner in which transformations unfolds....
Digital Reinvention Versus Digital Sugar Coating
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's been less than five years since most companies started talking about transformation. As the years have gone by, an increasing number of com...
Innovation Excellence
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When strategy defines a direction and innovation defines the exciting unknown, how can you combine the two? Innovation Capability enables organisat...
Transformation Guiding Principles
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When teams don't have one common language to engage in transformation, so much gets lost in translation.Ambiguity, confusion and the struggle to ...